Presentation by Fatma Ben Rejeb (PAFO) for the Open Data @ Work: Agriculture and Nutrition session at the Africa Open Data Conference (AODC) in Dar es Salaam, 5 September 2015.

1. Open Data in Agriculture
Farmers contributions and needs
Fatma Ben Rejeb
CEO
Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO)
ceo@pafo-africa.org
Africa Open Data Conference
GODAN Session
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania - 05 September 2015

2. • Draw up an overview of the Open Data in the
agricultural sector
• Organize exchanges between data providers
and the different stakeholders
• Greater interactivity with the user community

3. Opportunities and farmers
contributions

4. Key message
Local and indigenous knowledge

5. • Climate change mitigation
• Improvement of trade negotiation
Examples for research and services

6. • Involvement of research and traditional local
knowledge
• Interaction and Duplication
Climate change mitigation

7. • Innovations in services
• Satisfaction of public and private interest
Improvement of trade negotiation

8. Challenges and farmers needs

9. Key message
Participatory and interactive
approaches

10. • FOs provided with means to ensure adequate
services
• Adapt services to farmers’ needs
• Establishment of adequate infrastructure
• Strengthening Farmers’ Organizations